Public Procurement Office

Diana Vilyte, who announced her resignation as head of Lithuania's Public Procurement Office on Thursday, will join the country's Center of Registers.

Diana Vilyte, the head of Lithuania's Public Procurement Office, has handed in her request to be dismissed.

Lithuania's Public Procurement Office has ordered Lithuania's gas transmission company Amber Grid to temporarily halt the tender, worth almost 100 million euros, for the contractor of the gas interconnection between Poland and Lithuania (GIPL).

Every time, amendments of public procurement legislation attract a lot of attention, however, it is not readily clear whether these amendments will substantially alter the system of public procurement or they constitute a merely formal transposition of existing practices to the law.

Lithuania's state-run railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) and its subsidiaries have paid almost 130 million euros over a decade to Latvia's Sigmen controlled by former Latvian KGB officer Yuri Simonenkov, the Lithuanian national radio and television LRT's investigation t...

Lithuania's parliament on Tuesday rejected the conclusions of an ad hoc investigation commission on the public broadcaster LRT after 56 lawmakers voted in favor, 56 were against and three abstained.

Vilniaus Nacionalinis Stadionas (VNS), a company brought by the Lithuanian Supreme Court back into the bidding for the construction of a national stadium in Vilnius, is expected to file its proposal within a month or two, the municipal administration director said on Monday.

The Lithuanian parliament's ad hoc investigation commission scrutinizing the activities of the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) says the public broadcaster's council currently has too many functions and proposes to establish a board.

Lithuania's elite sees Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department (VSD), as being the most influential among the country's civil servants and lawyers, Delfi.lt reported on Monday.

Lithuanian journalist and producer Edmundas Jakilaitis on Wednesday announced his plans to turn to court over his persecution by Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS).

President Dalia Grybauskaitė criticized on Monday the Seimas for setting up a special commission for parliamentary scrutiny of Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT), saying that the public broadcaster's financial activities could be probed by the National Audit Office or the Public Procurement Offic...

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Government chancellor Milda Dargužaitė, central bank governor Vitas Vasiliauskas and public procurement chief Diana Vilytė are ranked as Lithuania's most influential civil servants, Delfi.lt reported on Monday.

Media organizations often avoid reporting negatively about authorities and institutions from which they receive publicity funds or report positively about them, a study by the Lithuanian office of Transparency International has revealed.

Živilė Mikėnaitė, the Lithuanian Prison Department's director who earlier this year was temporarily suspended her from duties amid a probe, has stepped down.

Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas must step down because of the scandal over the army's overpriced purchases that discredits not only the national defence system, but also the state and the Social Democratic Party, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday.

Lithuania's Special Investigation Service (STT) has brought suspicions against businessman Tomas Milaknis, CEO of Alna, as part of an investigation into alleged violations during public procurement at the State Social Insurance Fund (SODRA), sources have told BNS.